Curriculum and publications

Curriculum

Education

Habilitation Dec 2016

Pécs University, Hungary

Title of dissertation: Actual challenges of Hungarian Education in Romanian

International Business MSc, Summa cum laude May 2011

D'Youville Colllege, Buffalo, NY

Title of final project: American Foreign Direct Investments in Romanian Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Ph.D. in Educational Science. Summa cum laude June 2001

Debrecen University, Hungary

Dissertation title: The Romanian higher education policy in the period of 1990-2003 Oct 2005

Master of Arts in Sociology June 1998

University of Eötvös Lóránt (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary

Bachelor of Art in Sociology June 1997

University of Babes-Bolyai (BBTE), Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Language

Fluent in English, Spanish, and Romanian, Basic in French

Work Experience

Visiting Professor Oct-Nov. 2018

Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University, Kazakhstan

Subjects: business planning, research methods

Associate Professor 2016 - 2022

Adult Education Research and Knowledge Management Institute, Faculy of Psychology and Education, ELTE University

Subjects include: business planning (Erasmus), politology, sociology, European studies, economy of education, micro- and macroeconomy, research methods

College Associate Professor 2/2015- 2/2016

Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Eszterházy Károly Főiskola, Eger, Hungary

Subjects include: business planning, carreer management, adult education, organisation behaviour and management (MBA course)

Lecturer 9/2014-

Biotechnology Science Department, Sapientia EMTE University, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania

Subjects include: business planning, applied economics, entertainment management

Assistant Professor 9/2013-8/2014

Social Science Department, Sapientia EMTE University, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania

Subjects include: social psychology, business planning, political science, political communication

Hungarian language and culture lecturer, business trip organizer 2011

D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York

Taught intensive Hungarian language and culture course
Organized the business trip of American students at multinational companies (such as Coca Cola, GE, Celanese, Vodafone) in two consecutive summers in Budapest

Associate Professor 2008-2010

Savaria University of West-Hungary, Andragogy Department, Hungary

Subjects include: Organizational Development, Adult Education and Human Resource Management, Intercultural Adult Education, Sociology, History and Pedagogy of Adult Education
Co-developed the program, coursework and syllabus of Adult education MA program for Accreditation
Worked on establishing partnership with Adult Education Centers and Institutions in region

Researcher 2002-2010

Minority Studies Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Managed educational and cultural sociology research projects on Hungarians living abroad (covering 4-7 countries) and Roma living in Hungary. Wrote a paper on the Romani and Beash Languages in Hungary.
Presented papers on Hungarian and Roma minorities language, education policies at different national and international conferences
Wrote and edited books, papers, monographs, articles in several national and international journals
Organized conferences and developed international relations with European research and higher education institutes

Project Manager 2006-2007

Schooling for Tomorrow OECD project.National Institute for Public Education, Budapest, Hungary

Developed and managed a project on the future of compulsory education in Hungary
Organized meetings for committee of experts, series of workshops, wrote reports for Ministry of Education and the OECD

Research Assistant 1998-2001

Hungarian Institute for Educational Research (now the National Institute for Public Education)

Coordinated research projects, organized conferences, edited books

Scholarship

Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2002-2005

Academic Research Scholarship, Budapest, Hungary

University of Cordoba 2001

Erasmus Scholarship, Cordoba, Spain

Institute d'études politiques 1997

Training Scholarship Voisinage in Sud-Est de l'Europe, Rennes, France

Leadership Experience

Guided the research of more than 15 Ph.D. students on educational sociology issues
Supervised Bachelor thesis work of more than 50 students
Redacted more than 15 articles in national and international periodicals
Evaluated research and conference applications
Guided Domus research (2012-2013) The reform of preschool enrolling of pupils in Romania
Guided OKM research (2006-2007): The change of cultural revitalization? Participants: Dr. Györgyi Dr. Bindorffer, Orsolya Szabó, Szlivia Balassa, Boglárka Bakó
Coordinated János Setényi OTKA (T 042991) 2004-2006 Quality concepts in the Hungarian secondary education in Romania. Participants Rita Fóris-Ferenczi Rita, Attila Z. Papp Z. Attila
Coordinated OTKA and other research of the prof. Péter Tibor Nagy (1998-2001)

Community Service

Da Vinci Student Recruiting Program D'Youville College 2010

Franciscan orphans' house in Szováta/Sovata, Romania 2006

Ötágú síp summer camps in Central-Europe 1991-1998

English publications

Kinga Magdolna MANDEL (2022) Causes and consequences of homeschooling in Szeklerland. Editura Universitara Clujana. https://www.editura.ubbcluj.ro/bd/ebooks/pdf/3485.pdf?fbclid=IwAR30QgAht-0jTBhMvNUCAILGlIarGoJXd3NPtROaUhrBnVl0X162n3lD99E

Kinga Magdolna MANDEL (2022) Challenges and solutions of the Szekler homeschooling community (in the age of LLL 4.0) MELLEARN conference book. https://mellearn.hu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MELLearN_Tanulm%C3%A1nyk%C3%B6tet_ebook_2022_feb.pdf

Kinga Magdolna MANDEL (2021) Economic and Higher Education Partnership of Hungary and Kazakhstan. Papers in Arts and Humanities. Vol 1. Nr. 2. Beginnings. In. https://artshumanities.partium.ro/index.php/pah/article/view/73

Kinga Magdolna MANDEL (2021) THE REASONS OF HOMESCHOOLING IN SZEKLER REGION, ROMANIA. PEDACTA. Volume 11. Number 1. https://doi.org/10.24193/PedActa.11.1.9https://padi.psiedu.ubbcluj.ro/pedacta/article_11_1_9.pdf

Kinga Magdolna MANDEL (2020) Homeschooling in Secler Region, Romania. In.Acta Educationis Generalis. Volume 10, 2020, Issue 1. DOI: 10.2478/atd-2020-0007. In. https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/atd-2020-0007

Kinga Magdolna MANDEL (2020)
Romani and Beash Languages in Education in Hungary
Leeuwarden: Mercator Education, 76 p. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED609005.pdf

Togtokhmaa, Zagir and Kinga, M. Mandel (2020)

Competences of adult learning facilitators in Europe: analyses of five European research projects. DOI: 10.1556/063.2020.00016. https://edit.elte.hu/xmlui/handle/10831/6400

Bakhyt Aubakirova, Kinga M. Mandel, Balázs Benkei-Kovács (2019) MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN
AND MODEL OF MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION IN
THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT. https://padi.psiedu.ubbcluj.ro/pedacta/article_9_2_3.pdf

Kairat Gulsaule, Mandel Kinga Magdolna (2019) INDUCTION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS:
PERCEPTIONS, PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES. https://padi.psiedu.ubbcluj.ro/pedacta/article_9_2_5.pdf

Bakhyt, Aubakirova; Mandel, Kinga Magdolna; Benkei-Kovács, Balázs (2019)

European experience of multilingualism and the development of multilingual education in Kazakhstan. https://edit.elte.hu/xmlui/handle/10831/66182

Kinga M. Mandel - B.T. Aubakirova (2018) The concept of multilingualism. In. Vestnik of Sh. Ulaikhanov Kokshetau State University.
Philological part (series). Issue number № 4. |2018. ISSN 1608-22 06

Mandel Kinga Magdolna (2016): EDUCATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN A SECLER TOWN IN ROMANIA. Selye János University. International Scientific Conference Studies. Komárno, 13-14 September, 2016. ISBN 978-80-8122-186-6.

Mandel Kinga Magdolna (2013) Old and new challenges of Hungarian Education in Romania. In.Csaba K. Zoltáni (ed.) Transylvania Today: Diversity at Risk. Osiris. 253-267 pp. ISBN 9789632762364. In. https://www.academia.edu/16029870/Old_and_new_challenges_of_Hungarian_Education_in_Romania

Kinga M. Mandel (2012) Causes of foreign direct investment in Romania, in: Iván Bélyácz, József Fogarasi, Katalin Szabó and Erzsébet Szász: Knowledge and Sustainable Economic Development. Partium Press: Oradea/Nagyvárad, pp. 55-84. ISBN 978-606-8156-30-9. https://www.academia.edu/16030223/Causes_of_foreign_direct_investment_in_Romania

Mandel Kinga (2005) The Romani and Beash languages in education in Hungary. Mercator Education, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. 1-53. ISSN 1570-1239. In. https://www.mercator-research.eu/fileadmin/mercator/dossiers_pdf/romanibeash_in_hungary.pdf